Lemon-squeezer



Patented May 23, I899.

C. HUNT..

LEMON SBUEEZEB.

(Arplication flied Oct. 20, 1898.;

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V with an annular shoulder 15, which rests on similar fruit; and theobject thereof is to pro- 'end and at its inner end with a segmentalUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES HUNT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

LEMON-SQUEEZER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 625,507, dated May 23,-1899.

Application filed October 20, 1898.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES HUNT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia,-in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDevices for Extracting the Juice of Lemons and other Fruits, of whichthe following is a full and complete specification, such as will enablethose skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to devices for extracting the juice of lemons,oranges, and

vide an improved device of this class which is simple in constructionand operation and also comparatively inexpensive.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, in which- Figure 1 is asectional side view of the apparatus which I employ; Fig. 2, a sideelevation of a detail of said apparatus. Fig. 3 is a plan view of adetail of the construction, and Fig. 4 a side view of a detail showing amodified form of construction.

In the drawings forming part of this specification the separate parts ofmy improvement are designated by the same numerals of reference in eachof the views, and in the practice of my invention as shown in thedrawings I provide a frame or support comprising a base 5, having astandard 6, the upper end of which is provided with two parallelprojecting arms 7 and 8, in which is mounted a vertical tubular sleeve9, on the lower end of which, above the lower arm 8, is a beveledgear-wheel 10. The upper portion of the standard 6 is also provided witha tubular bearing 11, in which is mounted a shaft 12, provided with acrank 13 at its outer gear 14, which occupies the space between the arms7 and 8 and which operates in connection with the gear-wheel 10.

The upper end of the sleeve 9 is provided the upper arm 7, and connectedwith the up? per end of said sleeve are radial and segmental arms 16,with the upper end of which is connected a circular ring or band 17,having on its outer surface an annular bead 18 Serial No. 694,139. (Nomodel.)

and at its lower edge an inwardly-directed annular flange 19. I alsoprovide a semiglobular cup 20, which is preferably composed of glass orsimilar material and which is provided centrally of its bottom with adownwardly-directed tube 21, which passes through the sleeve 9, and thesemiglobular cup 20 is provided at its upper edge with a metal band 22,which is U-shaped in crosssection and secured to said cup in any desiredmanner, and said band is provided with a handle 23, by which the saidglobular cup is manipulated, and said handle when the cup is in positionpasses through a notch or recess 24, formed in an upwardly-directedshoulder or projection 25, formed on the ring or band 17 I also providea conical-shaped device 26, composed of glass or similar material andprovided with vertical ribs 27 and a narrow annular base 28, providedwith perforations 29, and said annular base is provided with an upwardlyand outwardly directed rim 30, the outer edge of which is provided witha downwardly and inwardly directed flange 31, which is adapted to reston the annular bead 18 of the ring or band 17, and said flange 31 isprovided with a notch or recess 32, adapted to receive theupwardlydirected shoulder or projection 25 on the annular ring or band17. This construction prevents the cone -shaped device 26 from turningon said ring or band, and by means of the annular base 28 of saidcone-shaped device and the upwardly and outwardly directed rim 30 anannular cup-shaped receptacle is formed around the base of saidconeshaped device, into which in the operation of the device the juicefrom the lemon or other fruit flows and from which said juice flowsthrough the perforations 29 into the globular cup 20,from which itpasses through the tube 21 and flows into a goblet 33, which is placedon the base 5 to receive the same.

The gearing for rotating the sleeve 9 (shown in Fig. 1) is notabsolutely necessary, and in place thereof 1 may secure a handle orlever directly to said sleeve, as shown at 34 in Fig. 4.

The operation will be readily understood from the foregoing descriptionwhen taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and thefollowing statement thereof. The lemon or orange is divided, preferablytransversely of its longitudinal axis, and one-half thereof is presseddown over the conical device 26 by the hand and pressure is appliedthereto, and at the same time the shaft 12 is oscillated by moving thehandle 13 back and forth. This operation of the shaft 12 operates thesegmental gear 14, which operates the beveled gear 10 and causes thesleeve 9 and all the parts connected therewith, including the globularcup 20 and the cone-shaped device 26, to also rotate or oscillate in ahorizontal plane, and this operation extracts the juice from the lemonor orange, as will be readily understood, and said juice flows into thegoblet 33, while the seeds and pulp are retained in theannularcup-shaped receptacle around the base of the cone-shaped device26.

The segmental arms 16 and the ring or band 17 constitute a cup-shapedsupport for the semiglobular cup 20, and the ring or band 22 on theupper edge of the cup 20 rests on the inwardly-directed flange 19 of thebottom of the ring or band 17 and supports the cup 20 independent of thebottom of the arms 16 and the upper end of the sleeve 9, and by means ofthis construction the danger of breaking said cup and the tube 21,connected with the bottom thereof, in the operation of the device isreduced to a minimum.

It will thus be seen that I provide a simple and effective device forthe purpose herein described and one which in addition to extracting thejuice also strains the same and separates the seed and pulp therefrom.

The ring or band 17 may be provided with any desired number of theupwardly-directed shoulders or projections 25 and the downwardly andinwardly directed flange 31 with a corresponding number of the notchesor recess 32, and other changes in and modifications of the constructionherein described may be made without departing from the spirit of myinvention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A device of the class herein described, comprisinga frame or support provided at its upper end with two parallelprojecting arms, a sleeve mounted in said arms and adapted to turntherein, a beveled gear-wheel mounted on said sleeve, a shaft passingthrough the side of the frame or supportbetween said arms, a gearconnected with the inner end of said shaft and adapted to operate inconnection with the beveled gear on said sleeve, a cupshaped supportconnected with the upper end of said sleeve a cup mounted in saidsupport and adapted to turn therewith, said cup being provided centrallyof its bottom with a tube which passes downwardly through said sleeve,and a cone-shaped device mounted on the support of said cup and providedwith an annular cup-shaped receptacle around the base thereof, in thebottom of which are perforations, substantially as shown and described.

2. -A device of the class herein described,

comprising a suitable frame or support, a vertically-arranged rotatablesleeve mounted in said frame or support, a cup mounted above saidrotatable sleeve and adapted to turn therewith, said cup being providedwith a tube at its bottom which projects downwardly through said sleeve,and a cone-shaped de vice mounted over said cup and provided with anannular cup-shaped receptacle at its base, the bottom of which isperforated,rsubstantially as shown and described.

3. Ina device of the class herein described, the combination with asuitable support provided with a vertically-arranged rotatable sleeve,of a cup mounted over said sleeve and adapted to rotate therewith, saidcup being provided with a tube which projects downwardly through saidsleeve, and a coneshaped device mounted over said cup and adapted torotate therewith, said cone-shaped device being provided with an annularcupshaped receptacle around the base thereof, the bottom of which isperforated, and said cone-shaped device being alsoprovided with verticalribs, substantially as shown and described.

4. A device of the class herein described, comprising a frame or supportprovided at its upper end with two parallel projecting arms, a sleevemounted in said arms and adapted to turn therein,abeveled gear-wheelmounted on said sleeve, a shaft passing through the side of the frame orsupport between said arms, a gear connected with the inner end of saidshaft and adapted to operate in connection with the beveled gear on saidsleeve, a cup-shaped support connected with the upper end of saidsleeve, a cup mounted in said support and adapted to turn therewith,said cup being provided centrally of its bottom with a tube which passesdownwardly through said sleeve, and a cone-shaped device mounted on thesupport of said cup and provided with an annular cup shaped receptaclearound the base thereof, in the bottom of which are perforations, saidcone-shaped device being provided with vertical ribs, and said cup beingprovided with a handle which is adapted to enter a notch or recess inthe top of said cup-shaped support, substantially as shown anddescribed.

5. A device of the class herein described, comprising a base, an uprightsupport connected therewith, parallel projecting arms connected with theupper end of said support, a vertical sleeve mounted'in said arms andadapted to turn therein, a beveled gear-wheel connected with saidsleeve, a shaft mounted in said support between said arms and providedwith a segmental gear which is adapted to operate in connection withsaid beveled gear-wheel, a cup-shaped support connected nular cup-shapedreceptacle around the base thereof, the bottom of which isperforated,said

conical device being provided with vertical ribs, substantially as shownand described.

6. A device of the class herein described, comprising a suitable supportprovided at its upper end with parallel projecting arms, a sleevemounted in said arms and adapted to turn therein, means-for turning saidsleeve a cupshaped support connected with the upper end of said sleeve,a cup mounted in said support and provided with a tube which passesdownwardly through said sleeve, a cone-shaped device mounted on saidcupshaped support and provided with an annular cup-shaped receptaclearound the base there- 7 of, the bottom of which is perforated,substantially as shown and described.

7. A device of the class herein described, comprising a suitable supportprovided at its upper end with parallel projecting arms, a sleevemounted vertically in said arms and adapted to turn therein, means forrotating said sleeve, a cup-shaped support connected with the upper endof said sleeve, a cup mounted in said support, a cone-shaped devicemounted on said support over said cup and provided around its base withan annular cup-shaped receptacle the bottom of which is perforated, andsaid support and said cup together with said cone-shaped device beingadapted to rotate with said sleeve, substantially as shown anddescribed.

8. In a device of the class herein described, a frame or supportprovided with verticallyarranged bearings, a sleeve mounted verticallyin said bearings and provided at its upper end with a support, means forrotating said sleeve and said support, a cup-shaped receptacle mountedin said support and provided with a downwardly-directed tube whichpasses into said sleeve, and a conical device mounted over said supportand adapted to turn therewith, and provided around its base with anannular receptacle having a perforated bottom, substantially as shownand described.

9. A device of the class herein described provided with avertically-supported rotatable sleeve, a support connected with theupper end of said sleeve and adapted to rotate therewith, a cup mountedin said support and provided with a tube which passes downwardly throughsaid sleeve,and a cone-shaped device mounted over said cup, and providedwith an annular perforated base, substantially as shown and described.

10. A device of the class herein described, provided with avertically-supported rotatable sleeve, a receptacle mounted over saidsleeve and adapted to rotate therewith, and the bottom of which is openand provided with a tube located in said sleeve, and a conical devicemounted over said receptacle and adapted to rotate'therewith, saidconical de-' vice being provided around its base with an annularcup-shaped receptacle the bottom of which is perforated, substantiallyas shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 17th V day ofOctober, 1898.

CHARLES HUNT.

lVitnesses:

CHAS. H. PILE, S. NITTENBERGER.

